Can I take Yinqiao tablets during breastfeeding?

In life, there are many kinds of medicines for treating colds, but many of them have requirements for taking, such as they cannot be taken by people with high blood pressure or during breastfeeding. Lactation is a special period that women go through. During this period, mothers need to feed their children with breast milk. Therefore, breastfeeding women have higher requirements for the use of medicines. Yinqiao tablets are a medicine for treating colds. So, can I take Yinqiao tablets during breastfeeding?

Vitamin C Yinqiao Tablets are not suitable for everyone with a cold, and the same applies to colds during breastfeeding. Vitamin C Yinqiao Tablets have the effects of dispelling wind and relieving exterior symptoms, clearing away heat and detoxifying. It is mainly used to treat influenza caused by exogenous wind-heat, with symptoms including fever, headache, cough, dry mouth and sore throat. If a breastfeeding mother suffers from a cold caused by wind and cold, with symptoms such as severe chills, mild fever, no sweating, headache and body aches, nasal congestion and clear runny nose, cough with thin white sputum, no thirst or thirstyness with preference for hot drinks, and thin white tongue coating, then she is not suitable to take Vitamin C Yinqiao Tablets.

Before taking Vitamin C Yinqiao Tablets, mothers should inform their doctor that they are breastfeeding and obtain permission from a professional doctor before taking the medicine. Do not take the medicine on your own. During the medication period, you should not drive a vehicle, operate machinery, or perform high-altitude operations. Patients with liver and kidney dysfunction should use this medicine with caution, or follow the doctor's advice. Concomitant use with other antipyretic analgesics may increase the risk of nephrotoxicity.

Vitamin C Yinqiao Tablets is a Chinese patent medicine and has no effect on breastfeeding. Vitamin C Yinqiao tablets should be taken three times a day. Mothers with colds can breastfeed their babies first and take the medicine immediately after breastfeeding. The longer the time between the next breastfeeding, the smaller the impact on the baby. Although the medicinal properties of this drug that enters breast milk are very small, it has almost no effect on the baby. Taking this medicine for a cold during breastfeeding will not affect breastfeeding. Mothers should not stop breastfeeding their babies just because they are taking the medicine. Breast milk is the most natural food for babies and should not be stopped easily.

To avoid transmitting cold viruses to babies, mothers are advised to wear masks when breastfeeding. When holding your baby, try not to breathe, cough, etc. on your baby. However, because the mother needs more rest due to a cold, it is still recommended that she rest in bed more during the cold period and not to tire herself out by taking care of the baby, as this will not be conducive to her physical recovery.